Connor Family – Diaries and photographs
Abstract
Biographical/historical information:
Albert Henry Tétaz (1874-1924) was the Australian born son of Frédéric Auguste and Julie Louise Tétaz, née Studi. The Tetaz family was among the Swiss vine dressers and winemakers who emigrated from the cantons of Neuchâtel and Vaud to Victoria (1840s-1860s).
Albert Henry Tétaz continued the family wine business in James Street, Geelong.
John Tétaz. “From Boudry to the Barrabool Hills: the Swiss Vignerons of Geelong”. Melbourne: Australian Scholalry publishing, 1995. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma991048463607636
Manuscript:
Written in “Australian Rough diary” (pub. by Sands & McDougall), hard-backed, volumes 1922, 1923, 1924.
Diary used for account keeping in front and back pages.
Diary is three days to a page. Brief notes written under each date. These concern the weather, daily activities relating to business (work in cellar, store, bar), work on car, outings (pictures, football matches).
Diary written in a French which departs from standard spelling and grammatical rules and makes use of English (eg “car”; “pictures”).
The box contains a photograph of Albert Henry Thétaz.
| Subject | Victoria–History |
| Families–History | |
| French language–Writing | |
| Switzerland, French-speaking | |
| Switzerland–Emigration and immigration | |
| Diaries | |
| Photographs | |
| Category | 1. Settlement |
| Author | Connor family |
| Thétaz family | |
| Keywords | wine industry |
| Geelong | |
| Current Holder | State Library of Victoria |
| Period Of Reference | 1890/1924 |
| Series Number | MS 15728 |
| Item Number | 9916408363607636 |
| Access Rights | Request at location |
| Rights | Copyright Undetermined |
| Country Of Origin | Switzerland |
| Australia | |
| Language | French |
| English | |
| Description From Source | 10.0 cm, Original ms., photographs. Photographs of the Thétaz and Connor family members covering the late19th century to early 20th century. Not all photographs have been labelled. The labelled photographs include Clara Sophie Thétaz, Leonard Geoffrey Connor, Albert Henry Thétaz, Cecile Thétaz, Jane Connor, Cecile Phtyllis Connor and James Millar Brock Connor. Three diaries kept by Albert Henry Thétaz for 1922, 1923 and 1924 (written in French). |
| Physical Format | Diaries |
| Photographs | |
| Bibliographic Citation | https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/6M8Z5IMX/ |
| Date Accessed | 2023-04-11 |
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